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US 8,747,308 · App. 13/507,665 · Granted Jun 10, 2014

Lateral vaginal retractor

Inventor: Mohiuddin M. Muzzammel (Reston, VA)

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Patent No.: US 8,747,308
App. No.: 13/507,665
Granted: Jun 10, 2014
Kind: B2

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Abstract

An attachment which can be used with a vaginal speculum. The attachment can be used with a vaginal speculum. The attachment has a pair of arms on one end which will engage the fornix lateral to the cervix of a women's vagina, and a U-shaped curved portion on the other end which will allow a doctor to engage the attachment with a vaginal speculum in order to spread a patient's lateral, as well as vertical, walls at the same time.

Claims (49)

1. A lateral vaginal retractor in combination with a speculum for use in a variety of gynecological procedures, said speculum comprising:

an upper blade and a lower blade for engaging inner walls of upper and lower portions of a vagina in order to dilate the vagina in a vertical direction,

said lower blade is attached to a body which has a pair of arms extending vertically therefrom, and

said upper blade is pivotally attached to an upper portion of said arms extending vertically from said lower blade,

adjustment means for spreading said upper and lower blades, and means for locking the upper and lower blades in a selected position, and

said lateral vaginal retractor comprising:

a first end and a second end,

a pair of arms extending from said first end toward said second end,

each of said pair of arms comprising a first portion and a second portion,

each said first portion having a free end portion remote from said second portion,

each said first portion diverging from another said first portion thereby creating an angle between said first portions, and

each said first portion creating an angle with each said second portion, and

a handle portion, and

wherein said handle portion comprises a first handle portion and a second handle portion, and

each said second portion extending from said first handle portion and said second handle portion, respectively, and

an arm portion joined to each said second portion, and

wherein each said second portion extends from each said first portion in a first plane, and

wherein said first plane contains a lower surface of a second portion of each arm, and

wherein each handle portion extends from each said second portion in a second plane, such that each handle portion forms a substantially L-shape with each said second portion, and

wherein said second plane contains upper edges of the first and second handle portions and extends downwardly with respect to said first plane, and

wherein the pair of arms and the handle portion form a single continuous strip extending between the free end portions.

2. The lateral vaginal retractor in combination with a speculum as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first portions have an inner surface and an outer surface, and

said second portions have an inner surface and an outer surface, and

said angle between each said first portion and each said second portion is measured between said outer surface of said first and second portions.

3. The lateral vaginal retractor in combination with a speculum as claimed in claim 2 wherein an angle measured between an inner surface of each said first portion and an inner surface of each said second portion is more than 180 degrees.

4. The lateral vaginal retractor in combination with a speculum as claimed in claim 2 wherein said angle between each said first portion and each said second portion is less than 180 degrees.

5. The lateral vaginal retractor in combination with a speculum as claimed in claim 1 wherein said handle portion comprises an arm portion connected to each said second portion.

6. The lateral vaginal retractor in combination with a speculum as claimed in claim 5 wherein said handle portion further comprises a curved portion connected to each said second portion.

7. The lateral vaginal retractor in combination with a speculum as claimed in claim 5 wherein said handle portion is joined to said second portion and said handle portion extends to an elevation below said second portion.

8. The lateral vaginal retractor in combination with a speculum as claimed in claim 1 wherein said first portions have an inner surface and an outer surface, and

said second portions have an inner surface and an outer surface, and

said outer surfaces of said second portions engage inner portions of said pair of arms extending vertically from said body.

9. The lateral vaginal retractor in combination with a speculum as claimed in claim 1 wherein said second portions extend between said upper and lower blades.

10. A lateral vaginal retractor for use with a speculum in a variety of gynecological procedures, said lateral vaginal retractor comprising: